1998 POMEROL

Tasted Saturday, February 15, 2014 - Monday, February 17, 2014 by Wine_lvr with 976 views

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

Flight 2 (6 Notes)

  • 1998 Château Mayne - Rene 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Shows some first maturity in color. Herbal, leathery nose. Quite one-dimensional and short. Easy drinking wine...

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  • 1998 Château Plince Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Unfortunately a corked bottle. Color was still quite deep.

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  • 1998 Château La Grave a Pomerol Trigant de Boisset 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Deep ruby in color. Nose was not too appealing. Wine was short and not balanced. Bad bottle?

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  • 1998 Château Lafleur Pensées de Lafleur Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Still a vibrant intensive color. But unfortunately the content of the bottle was badly tainted.

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  • 1998 Château La Pointe 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Intensive red. Nose of red berries and leather. The wine shows a nice sweetness, has a good length and shows a good structure. Good effort for relatively little money. Now fully mature.

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  • 1998 Château Clinet 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Intensive ruby. Wonderful nose of dark berries, tobacco and vanilla. The nose would merit a 95pt rating and makes one excited to taste the wine. But unfortunately the taste cannot hold up to the expectations. The wine is nicely balanced, sowing a good sweetness and is well structured. The negatives are the dry tannins and the lack of complexity. Still a good Clinet to drink over the next 5 years.

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Flight 3 (6 Notes)

  • 1998 Château Lafleur 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Tasted blind: Clear intensive garnet in color. Nose of chocolate and sweet raspberries. Wonderful balance, elegant but still a bit backward. The sweetness makes this a very sexy and easy drinking wine. Very hedonistic. Drink now - 2025.

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  • 1998 Château Trotanoy 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Tasted blind: Intensive deep ruby in color. Nose of barn, truffles and earth combined with a minty freshness. Nice length, good balance and lots of power. Still on the young side, tannins are still 'hard'. Great wine. Wait for a few more years and this will be a blockbuster.

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  • 1998 Château La Fleur-Pétrus 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Tasted blind: Clear ruby in color. Sweet red berries in the nose. Complex, elegant and long. Multilayered and balanced. All fits very nicely together. A true beauty. Drink now - 2030.

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  • 1998 Château Le Gay Pomerol 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Tasted blind: Deep ruby in color. Nose of herbs, red berries and mints. All is highly elegant and balanced, yet the wine is long and has a great balance between finesse and power. The tannins are still a bit dry but nicely integrated. Thumbs up and a great surprise. Drink now - 2022.

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  • 1998 Château L'Eglise-Clinet 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Tasted blind: Deep in color, one would never expect the wine is 15 years old. Flavors of dark berries, leather and tobacco. The wine shows a great length, good power and smooth tannins. Still on the young side and a blockbuster in the making. Still so backward and hard to tell how it will develop. Drink now - 2035.

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  • 1998 Château La Croix Pomerol 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Tasted blind: Nose of leather, red berries, tobacco and mint. The wine is quite elegant and the sweetness makes this a simple and easy drinking wine. At the same time it shows good balance and nicely integrated tannins. Lots of Pomerol for relatively little money. The first time I tasted this wine. Drink now.

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Flight 4 (6 Notes)

  • 1998 Château Latour à Pomerol 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    Deep ruby in color. Nose of lather, spice and red fruit. Wonderful sweetness yet elegant and long. This wine does not score with power but more with sexiness. Just a easy drinking beauty. Tough to score as it lacks power and complexity but then shows an abundance of fruity flavors. Drink now - 2025.

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  • 1998 Vieux Château Certan Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/15/2014)

    TCA 101...hope I can retaste soon. What a shame

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  • 1998 Château Rouget 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    An elegant easy drinking Pomerol. My first time I heard of and tasted this wine. The wine shows good structure but unfortunately shows quite metallic notes. Drink now with no hurry

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  • 1998 Château Petit Village 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Ripe in color. Nose of black licorice, leather, red berries and chocolate. Quite elegant and long. Ripe berries give this wine a nice sweetness. At the same time I am missing the complexity and length. Usually I am not a Petit Village fan but this is a good wine! Drink now

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  • 1998 Clos du Clocher 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Deep red. Herbal and leathery nose. The wine shows good muscles but at the same time has a too high acidity.

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  • 1998 Château Gazin Pomerol 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (2/17/2014)

    Deep red. Nose of black licorice and dark berries. It is an elegant wine but nothing more. Considering the vintage I had much higher expectations in this Gazin. Drink now

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Flight 5 (1 Note)

  • 1998 Château Rieussec 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    (2/15/2014)

    Gold in color. Nose of dried apricot and yellow fruit. Quite alcoholic and lots of botrytis. Behind the acidity there is plenty and I mean PLENTY of sugary sweetness. One dimensional (sweet) and out of balance. Drink now

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